Furtherthanfurther t1_j9oaifm wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:06 PM

I am very anal with books. I want to leave them in the same condition I received them for the next person.

I just dont fold back the pages? I read the book at like a 75 degree angle.

I think it's just muscle memory because it's how I am, but I can go from left side lighting, to right side lighting without having to think about it.

I know I might be crazy but I hate cracked spines or any indication that someone came to this story before me.

Marginalia breaks my heart and I can't read the book, because someone is telling me how to read it

[deleted] OP t1_j9obee4 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:16 PM

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Furtherthanfurther t1_j9obt0z wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:20 PM

I feel you, I think I'm just weirdly worried about cracking the spine, and so I never have. I'm reading Count of Monte Cristo now and am almost done, paperback, and even at page 1000, no crack.

That's not like an elitist thing, that's like, I'm just very opposed to cracking a spine thing

Furtherthanfurther t1_j9oc5b5 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:24 PM

It might be also that I realized that when I touched and turned pages from the side, there's always yellowing or fraying, so I hold and turn pages from the top or bottom.

loneacer t1_j9ojj0t wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:32 PM

I do about the same and have minimal to no cracks in the spines of books I read. I don't make a conscious effort to avoid damaging the book, but I'm not one of those people that open the books so far that the left side pages wrap around to the back cover and they hold the book in one hand. I either read with two hands, or if the book is light enough I'll hold it open with my thumb at the bottom.